MAJOR GENERAL GERALD F. PERRYMAN JR.

Maj. Gen. Gerald F. Perryman Jr. is Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. In this duty, he acts to carry out the deputys responsibilities to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff for forming a strategy for developing and fielding integrated command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability to enable the effective employment of air and space power in support of national objectives. He also provides guidance and direction to four field operating agencies: the Air Force Command and Control, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center; the Air Force Communications Agency; the Air Force Frequency Management Agency; and the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation.

General Perryman entered the Air Force in 1970 through Texas A&M University's ROTC program. He commanded the Air Force's Peacekeeper missile squadron during its transition from the Minuteman weapon system, and led the 91st Missile Group to win the 1994 Omaha Trophy as the best of U. S. Strategic Command's Air Force and Navy ballistic missile units. The general has commanded a missile wing and space wing. He commanded 14th Air Force and was Component Commander of U.S. Air Force space operations within U.S. Space Command. As Commander of the Aerospace Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center, General Perryman was responsible for integrating command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for the Air Force to improve the ability of commanders to create desired effects in the battlespace. The general has served as a missile combat crew commander in the Minuteman and Peacekeeper weapons systems, and as a space warning crew commander.

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONSDistinguished Service MedalDefense Superior Service MedalLegion of Merit with oak leaf clusterMeritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clustersJoint Service Commendation MedalAir Force Commendation MedalCombat Readiness Medal